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Savor the international flavor

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

All right now. Thursday means something. That's all we wanted. A little juice, a little tension in the air. A shot for the U.S. to redeem itself after the 7-3 whupping Korea laid on it Monday night. A chance for Mexico to get up off the mat. Let's play ball. The WBC's benefits of Team USA's advancing to the finals are obvious: The host country, the birthplace of baseball, squaring off for the title gives this fledgling tournament some real traction and makes it that much more likely to captur ...

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